the glory of Rudram

 

the glory of  Rudram

स्वशाखोपनिषत् गीता विष्णोर्नाम सहस्रकम्।

रुद्रंच पौरुषं सूक्तं नित्यमावर्तयेत् बुधः॥

एकाशातं यजुः शाखाः तासु रुद्रोपनिषदाम्नायते।

शतशाखा गतं साक्षात् शतरुद्रीयमुच्यते॥

वृक्षस्य मूलसेकेन शखाः पुष्यन्ति वै यथा।

शिवे रुद्रजपाद् प्रीते प्रीता एवास्य देवताः॥

अतो रुद्रजपादेव मुक्ति भुक्ति प्रसिध्यतः॥

सूतसंहिता॥

यः शतरुद्रीयमधीते सोऽग्निपूतो भवति स वायुपूतो भवति स आत्मपूतो भवति स सुरापानाद् पूतो भवति ब्रह्महत्याद् पूतो भवति॥

कैवल्योपनिषद्

svaśākhopaniṣat gītā viṣṇornāma sahasrakam|

rudraṁca pauruṣaṁ sūktaṁ nityamāvartayet budhaḥ||

ekāśātaṁ yajuḥ śākhāḥ tāsu rudropaniṣadāmnāyate|

śataśākhā gataṁ sākṣāt śatarudrīyamucyate||

vṛkṣasya mūlasekena śakhāḥ puṣyanti vai yathā|

śive rudrajapād prīte prītā evāsya devatāḥ||

ato rudrajapādeva mukti bhukti prasidhyataḥ||

sūtasaṁhitā||

yaḥ śatarudrīyamadhīte so'gnipūto bhavati sa vāyupūto bhavati sa ātmapūto bhavati sa surāpānād pūto bhavati brahmahatyād pūto bhavati ||

kaivalyopaniṣad

The primary duty of every wise person is to  study and follow

1. The Vedic Shakha ordained to Him

2.  The Upanishad according to that Shakhaa

3.   Srimad Bhagavat Gita

4.    Vishnu Sahasranamam

5     Sri rudram.. Namakam and Chamakam

6.    The Purusha Sooktham

Each of the above is great beyond words.. Explaining each of that would  take a lot of research..

I am confining to Rudram.. Sri Rudram ..Rudropanishad.. or Shatarudreeyam.

The great Veda.. the Yajurvedam has  one hundred Shakaas or branches (  we know about Shukla, Krishna  etc..)  And in every such branch  the Upanishad of Rudra is  prescribed and partakes a glorious place.  Thus what is gloriously present in all the hundred Sakhas is called Shatarudreeyam.

Sootasamhita  Says.

Just as the branches and the huge foliage remain green and healthy when the roots of a tree is irrigated with water,  when Lord Shiva  the root cause of all divinity is praised through chanting Rudram  all the  gods and divine beings would be pleased.

Therefore, only through the worship of the Lord by chanting Sri Rudram,  one would attain all physical comforts in the world and also the emancipation from worldly bonds when he departs.

Kaivalyopanishad says..

The seeker who chants and digests  Shatarudriyam  or Sri Rudram

He becomes purified as if by a fire sacrifice

He becomes purified by the air

He becomes purified  in his vital Soul.. being cleared of all the blemishes of Karma

The sins of taking intoxicating beverages is removed from him

The sins of causing death and damages to the learned persons gets removed  from him

( Of course this is stated not to justify boozing or brahmahatya.. it is just to underline the greatness of the vedic prayer to the Lord of Lords.. Mahadeva  Shambhu  Shankara..Siva)

NamaH Shivaaya..